ESPN launches a Where to Watch feature on its website and app, which aims to be a universal guide for streaming sports with data from 250+ streaming services (David Pierce/The Verge)

Mediagazer: ESPN launches a Where to Watch feature on its website and app, which aims to be a universal guide for streaming sports with data from 250+ streaming services (David Pierce/The Verge)

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Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple lays off ~100 people in its services group, impacting Apple Books, News, and other teams, a rare move as part of a shift in the unit's priorities— - Layoffs will include some workers in Books and News apps — Company is eliminating about 100 positions in Tuesday's move
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Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Apple laying off dozens amid cuts to services division

Jess Weatherbed /
The Verge: Apple is cutting jobs across its Books and News apps

Melanie Oyler /
Melanie Oyler on LinkedIn: Interesting strategic decision from Apple in minimizing their global media focus on their Books and News apps. …

Mark Gurman /
@markgurman: This marks the third known layoff at Apple this year, following the major cuts after the self driving car and microLED projects were shut down in February.

Miguel de Icaza /
@migueldeicaza.bsky.social: Don't make me regret going to Apple Books over kindle [embedded post]

Mark Gurman /
@markgurman: NEW: Apple is laying off about 100 people in its Services division in a rare move. The cuts impact Apple Books, News and other teams in Eddy Cue's growing division https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Francisco Tolmasky /
@tolmasky@mastodon.social: Asked for comment about gutting the Apple Books department, Tim Cook laughed that “books were for nerds” and then repeatedly asked our correspondent whether he was “going to cry about it”. — https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Zac Hall /
9to5Mac: Gurman: Apple issues fourth known round of layoffs this year with Services job cuts

Sports Business Journal:

Sources: Amazon recently pulled its January 2024 offer to invest $115M in Diamond Sports Group, as the broadcast landscape changed— Amazon recently pulled its eight-month-old offer to infuse Diamond Sports Group with $115M in cash, multiple sources told SBJ, a development that has delayed …

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Dan Rayburn /
StreamTV Insider: Rayburn recap: YouTube Sunday Ticket multiview, Disney shutters TVE apps

Daniel Frankel /
Next TV: Amazon Pulls Back From $115 Million Bally Sports Investment

Arthur Weinstein /
Awful Announcing: Amazon reportedly withdraws $115 million offer to Diamond Sports Group

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Amazon Reportedly Pulls Out of Bally Sports Deal, Will Not Stream NBA Games & Won't Invest $115 Million

The Verge:

ESPN launches a Where to Watch feature on its website and app, which aims to be a universal guide for streaming sports with data from 250+ streaming services— ESPN's newest feature will be a welcome bookmark for sports fans everywhere: the company just launched “Where to Watch,” …

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The Wrap, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, What's On Disney Plus and Media Play News

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Kayla Cobb /
The Wrap: ESPN Launches ‘Where to Watch’ on ESPN App and Website to Find Games Anywhere

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro says the company has suggested to sports leagues that it could help distribute games to specific markets via its streaming products

Caitlin Huston /
The Hollywood Reporter: ESPN Launches New ‘Where to Watch’ Feature Online

Roger Palmer /
What's On Disney Plus: ESPN Launches New “Where To Watch” Feature

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Hub: Sports Fans Open to Live-Streaming Events, Games

Press Gazette:

The Daily Telegraph's annual statement shows it had the most UK Editors' Code breaches upheld by IPSO in 2023; IPSO had 8K complaints in 2023 vs. 36K in 2022— The Daily Telegraph had the most breaches of the Editors' Code upheld by IPSO in 2023, its annual statement to the regulator shows.

Axios:

Gallery Media Group CEO Ryan Harwood says GMG, which owns PureWow and 50+ lifestyle brands primarily on social media, aims to end 2024 with $50M in revenue— - Its executives credit cautious spending, smart owners and a relentless focus on their consumers.

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Ryan Harwood on LinkedIn

The Information:

Memo: TikTok Global Head of Content Nicole Iacopetti plans to leave on September 6, after joining in 2020 from Disney; she helped shape TikTok's news strategy— It's been a tumultuous year for TikTok employees, between a looming potential ban of the app in the U.S. to its first widespread layoffs earlier this year.

TechCrunch:

VerSe Innovation, the parent of Indian news aggregator Dailyhunt, buys digital marketing agency Valueleaf for an undisclosed sum in a cash and equity deal— VerSe Innovation, India's content tech unicorn that owns local language news aggregator Dailyhunt, digital newsstand platform Magzter …

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Entrackr

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Kunal Manchanada /
Entrackr: Dailyhunt-parent VerSe acquires digital marketing firm Valueleaf

Axios:

Snap launches new safety tools and resources for US educators, and says Snapchat has 20M+ US teen users; Pew says 51% of US teens used Snapchat daily in 2023— - Snapchat was the third most used app among teens in a 2023 Pew study, behind YouTube and Instagram.

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TechCrunch, Snapchat, Engadget and Christopher Rinkus on LinkedIn

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Vanity Fair:

A look at the potential threats posed to US journalists by Donald Trump's possible second term, and proactive safeguards for news outlets— The former director of the Committee to Protect Journalists lays out the grave threats that American news outlets might confront—and offers proactive safeguards.

Discussion:
@tilojung, @nanavsliars, @jodieginsberg, @joelsimonsays, @sauthoff.bsky.social and TVNewsCheck

Discussion:

Tilo Jung /
@tilojung: “Trump reportedly urged the postmaster general to raise postal rates as a way of punishing Amazon, whose founder, Jeff Bezos, also happened to own The Washington Post, which consistently investigated and found fault with his administration's policies.” https://www.vanityfair.com/... @nanavsliars: “Trump has twice discussed scenarios for jailing journalists in the course of leak investigations and implied that the threat of a prison rape could get them to cough up their sources.” Unfit to work at McDonald's, much less the Oval Office. #DemVoice1 https://www.vanityfair.com/...

Jodie Ginsberg /
@jodieginsberg: I spoke to my @pressfreedom predecessor @JoelSimonSays for this @VanityFair article on what a second Trump term might mean for journalists in the United States. https://www.vanityfair.com/...

Joel Simon /
@joelsimonsays: In his first term, Trump tried and largely failed to stifle #pressfreedom and put journalists in jail. He might succeed the second time around. My latest for @VanityFair https://www.vanityfair.com/...

Patricia Sauthoff /
@sauthoff.bsky.social: You can post 1,000x with the lazy take that the media wants Trump to win but that won't make it true. [embedded post]

Bloomberg:

Russians, from Kremlin officials to Putin's harshest critics, see Telegram as a source of both uncensored info, including on Ukraine, and problematic content— - Many Russians view Telegram as source of uncensored content — Opposition, government united in outrage over Durov's arrest

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Al Jazeera and New York Post

Reuters:

India's antitrust body clears the $8.5B Reliance-Disney merger, a source says after getting commitments over not raising ad rates on cricket streaming and more— Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) and Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) have won approval for an $8.5 billion merger of their Indian media assets subject …

Discussion:
What's On Disney Plus, Deadline, Bloomberg, Aditya Kalra on LinkedIn and @adityakalra

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Roger Palmer /
What's On Disney Plus: Disney Star & Reliance Move One Step Closer To Mega $8.5 Billion Merger

Jesse Whittock /
Deadline: Disney India-Reliance Merger Gets Go-Ahead From Antitrust Watchdog

Aditya Kalra /
Aditya Kalra on LinkedIn: India antitrust body clears Reliance-Disney $8.5 billion media assets merger — Approval after scrutiny over cricket rights; source says clearance after commitment on ad rates on cricket streaming. …

Aditya Kalra /
@adityakalra: India antitrust body says it has cleared Reliance-Disney $8.5 billion media merger after scrutiny over cricket rights; source says commitment given on ad rates on cricket streaming & that they won't bundle and sell ad slots for different tournaments https://www.reuters.com/...

Washington Post:

After raising complaints, Trump says he will participate in the ABC debate with Harris on September 10 and the rules “will be the same as the last CNN debate”— The ABC News-hosted debate is set to take place Sept. 10 in Philadelphia, Trump said Tuesday.

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David Gilmour /
Mediaite: Harris Campaign Co-Chair Roasts Trump Over Debate Mic Dispute: His ‘Own Team’ Wants to ‘Shut Him Up’

Steven Nelson /
New York Post: Tim Walz taunts Trump before firefighters' union: Kamala Harris will ‘hold him accountable’ at debate

Mary Ann Akers /
The Daily Beast: Harris-Walz Ads Portray Trump as Vengeful Autocrat

Dave Goldiner /
New York Daily News: Trump claims deal reached for Sept. 10 debate on ABC with muted microphones

Isaac Schorr /
Mediaite: Trump Says He Has Agreed To ABC Debate With Kamala Harris In Rant Slamming ‘Nastiest and Most Unfair’ Network

Ron Dicker /